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SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?
It is immoral to discrimate agast gays<span>—</span>and irratnal to make a relig eedom law Indiana the foc of the gay-rights movement. * gay marriage haven *
The Misdirected Zeal of Same-Sex Marriage ConvertsIt is immoral to discrimate agast gays—and irratnal to make a relig eedom law Indiana the foc of the gay-rights biggt afont to gay equaly Ameri today is the fact that same-sex upl 13 stat are still prevented om marryg. Overturng those laws is the most urgent gay-rights e. So is strange to see Indiana, where same-sex upl n and do wed, emerge as the foc of natnal ntroversy on gay e is Governor Mike Pence's cisn to sign legislatn lled the Relig Freedom Rtoratn Act.
Supporters of the law, like relig liberty expert Douglas Layck (a vol gay-marriage supporter), argue that s actual affect will almost certaly be to afford greater protectn to many relig mori. And he thks is unlikely to stymie gay rights. "This puzzl 13 stat prohib gay-marriage outright, what sense do make for gay-rights supporters to boytt a different state where gay marriage is legal?
Remend ReadgBeg barred om marriage puts a signifint burn on gay upl—a burn many orrs of magnu greater than the relatively small possibily of beg refed by an atypilly relig photographer or baker the urse of planng a same-sex weddg (the oute the law's opponents assert to be s te purpose). And there is no reason to thk this law would allow a hotel or a rtrant to exclu gay ctomers, or that any hotels or rtrants are terted dog why is Indiana public enemy number one? " But Wil is playg two April shows Texas, a state that don't yet issue marriage licens to gays.
COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023
Wil also has upg shows Missouri, Oh, and Kentucky, other stat that don't grant marriage licens to gays at all spe urt lgs (which are prently stayed) clarg that s existg policy nstut unnstutnal discrimatn. Indianapolis, by ntrast, actually has a municipal statute that bans anti-gay discrimatn!
Then there's this:NASCAR said a statement Tuday that was "disappoted" by the legislatn, and the NCAA, which has had s headquarters Indianapolis sce 1999, says is ncerned about the law's effect on future Indiana hosts events at tracks the followg stat where gay marriage is illegal: Kentucky, Michigan, and Texas. " I wholeheartedly agree that no one should discrimate agast anyone for beg gay. But isn't lost on me that I started champng that posn more than a before the Democratic ontnner, who opposed allowg gay upl to marry one another as recently as 2013!
Now that she's changed public posns—a shift that perfectly tracked broar public sentiment —she clar Indiana out of step wh the tim for makg gay weddgs legal, bee refg to bake k for them may be legal, too. "I know that many our untry still stggle to rencile the teachgs of their relign, the pull of their nscience, the personal experienc they have their fai and muni, ” Clton said 2013 when she me out favor of gay marriage. ”Two years ago, she thought people who wanted to ny gays the right to marry had "good will" and "good fah.